Mitchell Young accused of being accomplice in April 2012 attack that left 1 dead, 2 others hurt

Announcer: LOCAL 4 NEWS BEGINS RIGHT NOW WITH A BREAKING NEWS ALERT. THE VERDICT IS IN MITCHELL YOUNG IS GUILTY IN THE BRUTAL BASEBALL BAT BEATINGS THAT DESTROYED A FARMINGTON HILLS FAMILY. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE IT'S THE STORY LOCAL 4 HAS BEEN FOLLOWING SINCE THE DAY IT HAPPENED. A FATHER KILLED HIS WIFE AND SON CRITICALLY INJURED. NOW A JURY HAS CONVICTED ONE OF THE YOUNG MEN BEHIND THE CRIMES. LOCAL 4'S SANDRA ALI IS LIVE IN PONTIAC WHERE THE VERDICT WAS JUST READ. SANDRA? Reporter: AND SHAWN, GOOD AFTERNOON TO YOU. THIS DID NOT TAKE LONG AT ALL. AS WE'VE BEEN TELLING YOU THE JURY GOT THE CASE AT 9:20 THIS MORNING. THEN A LITTLE AFTER 11:00, SPECIFICALLY 11:10, WE GOT WORD THAT THEY HAD INDEED REACHED A DECISION. IT TOOK ABOUT 10 MINUTES FOR THEM TO ROUND FAMILY BACK UP AND GET EVERYBODY BACK INTO THE COURTROOM. THEY READ THE VERDICT SPECIFICALLY AT 11:18. GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS. FIRST DEGREE PREMEDITATED MURDER, GUILTY. FELONY MURDER, GUILTY. ARMED ROBBERY AS WELL AND TWO COUNTS OF ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO COMMIT MURDER GUILTY. THE CIPRIANOS WERE IN THE COURTROOM SPECIFICALLY GREG CIPRIANO. THE FAMILY WAS ESCORTED OUT BY SHERIFF DEPUTIES THEY WERE ESCORTED OUT THROUGH A BACKDOOR. THEY CAME OUT THROUGH A BACK WAY HERE AS WELL. OBVIOUSLY, THEY DON'T WANT TO TALK TO REPORTERS RIGHT NOW. SOMETHING REALLY IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT HERE AS WELL, MITCHELL YOUNG'S GRANDMOTHER. WE HAVE SEEN HER IN COURT EVERY SINGLE DAY. SHE'S PRECH BEEN HIS ONLY SUPPORTER HERE. SHE'S BEEN IN COURT EVERY DAY. SHE WAS HERE TODAY. SHE BROKE DOWN TODAY WHEN THE VERDICT WAS READ. WE DID TRY TALKING TO HER AS SHE WALKED OUT OF THE COURTROOM WALKING THROUGH THE PARKING LOT TO HER CAR. UNDERSTANDABLY VERY EMOTIONAL. SHE REALLY DIDN'T WANT TO TALK. HERE'S A LITTLE OF THAT EXCHANGE. I CAN'T TALK. IS THERE ANYTHING YOUR REACTION AS THE VERDICT WAS READ? DO YOU THINK HE'S RESPONSIBLE FOR IT? Reporter: WE DID ALSO TALK TO YOUNG'S ATTORNEY A FEW MINUTES AGO THAT HE SAID MITCHELL IS TAKING THIS AS BEST HE CAN. SAYING THAT AFTER THE VERDICT WAS READ HIS CLIENT SIMPLY HELD HIS HEAD UP, WALKED OUT OF THE COURTROOM WITH DIGNITY. HE TOLD HIS ATTORNEY, OBVIOUSLY, HE'S EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED. BUT HE'S GOING TO HANDLE THIS WITH AS MUCH DIGNITY AS POSSIBLE. CLEARLY, NOT THE OUTCOME THEY WERE HOPING FOR. HIS SENTENCING NOW SET FOR JULY 16th. SHAWN, BACK TO YOU. SANDRA, BEFORE YOU GO. SUCH A TRAGEDY FOR EVERYBODY INVOLVED. THE ATTORNEYS SAYING HE WALKED OUT WITH DIGNITY, HOWEVER, WHEN HE WAS CUFFED HE APPEARED TO YOU THAT HE WAS SHAKEN BY THIS? Reporter: YOU KNOW WHAT HE HAS BEEN REALLY STOIC OVER THE COURSE OF THIS ENTIRE TRIAL. SIX DAYS OF TESTIMONY OBVIOUSLY AS WE'RE IN THE COURTROOM WE'RE WATCHING HIM HE REALLY DIDN'T HAVE MUCH MOTION TODAY AS WELL. I THINK EARLIER THIS MORNING, AFTER THE JURY WAS GIVEN THEIR INSTRUCTIONS, HE TURNED AROUND LOOKED AT HIS GRANDMOTHER AND HE SAID I LOVE YOU. WE SAW HIM MOUTH THOSE WORDS. THAT'S ABOUT AS MUCH EMOTION AS WE'VE SEEN FROM HIM TODAY. WE MAYBE SAW A LITTLE BIT FROM HIM YESTERDAY. BUT THAT WAS ABOUT IT.

PONTIAC, Mich. -

Mitchell Young has been found guilty of murder in the baseball bat attacks on the Cipriano family.

The jury began deliberating at 9:20 a.m. Friday and returned their verdicts just after 11 a.m.

Young was also found guilty of felony murder, two counts of assault to commit murder and armed robbery.

Young's grandmother, who has been one of the only family members in court during the trial, broke down when the verdicts were read.

She declined to comment to Local 4, saying, "I just can't talk."

Young had been accused of helping Tucker Cipriano carry out the brutal attacks in April 2012 that killed Cipriano's father, Robert, and seriously injured his mother, Rose, and brother Sal.

Tucker Cipriano has already pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and attempted murder and faces an automatic penalty of life in prison without parole when he’s sentenced on July 9.

--Tucker Cipriano

Defense attorneys contended that Mitchell Young was a victim of Tucker Cipriano. Young chose not to testify in his own defense.

Statement from Cipriano family:

We are glad the trial is over and that our family did not have to re-live the horrible experience by having to testify in it.

We believe the legal process worked the way it should have with the facts of the case presented. The privacy and dignity of my brother’s family was respected and honored.

No verdict could bring closure to this for our family; it is part of our everyday reality. There is never closure in a situation like this. It merely closes this chapter and lets us focus everything we have on the continued healing of our family physically, mentally and emotionally.

It has been a long and difficult 14 months for our family and we would not have made it through so far without the tremendous support of so many people.

We would like to thank the Farmington Hills Police Department, the Oakland County Prosecutor’s Office and all the cooperating agencies for their hard work on the case. We would especially like to thank Cindy Stanton in the Office of Victim Services for all her help during the past year.

We would also like to thank the press for respecting our privacy throughout this trial and the last 14 months, as well as into the future.

Our family has been through a horrible tragedy that we will live with the for the rest of our lives. At the end of the day, Bob – our brother, father, neighbor, colleague, coach and friend – is still gone from our lives forever.

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